Posted in Rants on Apr 5th, 2010
I’m not talking about the bud style earphones that come with an iPod or Zune. I’m talking about those you buy that would replace the bud style that actually go into your ear canal. Those earphone, headphone, whatever you wanna call them things that you plug into your head. I bought a pair, never having [...]
Posted in Rants on Feb 18th, 2010
The other week I read a great article in the New York Time about the IRS and income taxes and how archaic our entire system for reporting our income is. You’re probably saying no kidding genius, tell me something else I don’t know. Well to put a fine point on the problem, I’ll cite this [...]
Posted in CSS, Rants, Uncategorized on Jan 28th, 2010
Wow, what a week. For a web developer/designer/tech lover there has been a lot of new information in this first month of 2010 (at last we get to use the word “twenty” to describe the new decade — twenty-oh-four never rolled off the tongue). Not only did two of the best browsers get some nice [...]
Posted in Rants on Sep 1st, 2009
I recently had a client ask me to build them a password strength meter for an account signup form. Thinking that this was a good idea, I set out to do some research to see what has been done on this topic and start coding. I quickly stopped when I realized what a pointless exercise [...]
Posted in Rants on Apr 9th, 2009
I started using Digg in 2005 and with each passing month I use it less and less. I hardly digg any stories anymore, and I usually visit once a twice a week to see what’s been driven up the popularity ladder. I’ve pretty much stopped submitting stories since they don’t seem to get any attention [...]